MEDIA RELEASE – NEW APPOINTMENTS TO SDA BOARD
Following the latest Sports activities Dietitians Australia (“SDA”) Annual Common Assembly and Board Assembly, we’re happy to announce the next new appointments to the SDA Board:
- Kerry Leech,SDA Fellow, BSc Grad Dip Dietetics, IOC Diploma Sports activities Vitamin, APD (Voted Director)
- Cally Scivetti, GAICD, BComm, Advertising and marketing, (Appointed Director)
- Luke Cornish,GAICD, BA Journalism & Communications, (Appointed Director)
We’re excited by these appointments and look ahead to working with Kerry, Cally & Luke to ship on SDA’s technique, together with our current board members – Sally Walker, Pip Taylor, Gaye Rutherford, Dominique Condominium, Sally Anderson, Chris Fonda, and Alex Marzella.
Specifically, SDA wish to thank Gaye Rutherford and Dom Condominium for his or her immense contributions to SDA of their roles as President and Vice President for the previous two and 4 years respectively, and are happy that each proceed as lively Board members for SDA.
With the conclusion of Gaye and Dom’s tenures, we’re happy to announce the next Workplace Bearers for the following time period:
- President– Sally Walker
- Vice President– Pip Taylor
- Firm Secretary– Alex Marzella
Sally brings a deep understanding of high-performance sport having labored with athletes from a variety of high-performance {and professional} sports activities. Her function as Australian group dietitian has allowed her to efficiently implement methods to advocate for, and alter the presence of diet in excessive efficiency sport in an Olympic and Commonwealth Video games atmosphere. “These roles allowed me to be a voice for the community of dietitians doing nice work with our Australian athletes and to create an atmosphere to showcase the work being executed. I hope to proceed this drive to assist SDA’s sports activities dietitians to recognise and empower our members and group to take efficiency to the following degree.”
“I’m excited and honoured to be chairing this board with such a powerful group of specialists providing a wealth of concepts, expertise, and views to contribute to the route of SDA. With a shared curiosity within the progress of SDA and keenness for the affect of fine diet on well being and efficiency for all, I’m assured we will likely be making progress ahead for our members and group.”
“The members of our committees, sub committees and board members are all contributing a lot of their expertise and experience to offer again to SDA, and Marie Walters and the HQ group work so laborious to convey our technique to life. I really feel lucky to have Pip Taylor as Vice President and Alex as Firm Secretary and look ahead to working nearer with them each and your complete board with a particular due to Gaye for main us for the previous two years.”
Pip is on her second time period with the SDA Board, and brings a large breadth of expertise along with her – presently being engaged with the Asset Technique Program Group of Crown Lands NSW in a senior state authorities function, and with Pillar Efficiency as a Efficiency Dietitian. Pip, a former skilled athlete herself, additionally has earlier expertise in a excessive efficiency setting, working inside skilled groups and with particular person elite athletes. Pip has expertise within the personal sector and likewise has a communications background working throughout completely different media platforms.
“I really feel very optimistic concerning the route of SDA. The Board has a terrific mixture of expertise, in addition to recent experience and perspective, which along with the laborious work being undertaken by SDA employees, will future-ready the organisation and serve members in new and modern methods.”
Lastly, new appointments to the Board additionally sadly implies that we farewell three priceless Board members:
- Ali Disher
- Jo Mirtschin; and
- Paulo de Souza
Ali Disher has served on the SDA Board for an in depth seven-year interval and we thank Ali immensely for her insights, time and knowledge that she has offered to SDA over these years. We thank Jo for her sound, regular and insightful contributions to the Board since 2018 and we additionally thank Paulo de Souza for the 2 years he has contributed to the SDA Board.
We look ahead to working with the Board over the approaching yr to progress SDA’s technique ahead.
